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Area arrests for March 9
• Kaimron Tarez Coston, 27, 3288 Bashi Road, Thomasville, Ala., was charged Saturday by the Tunnel Hill Police Department with failure to maintain lane, open container of alcohol and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
• Aaron Nathaniel Haley, 30, 3950 S. Dixie Highway, Apartment 8, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with a turning violation and DUI.
• Marcus Terry Coker, 21, 467 Gray Road, Rising Fawn, was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and a headlight violation.
• Aaron Thomas Crider, 30, 1914 Lower Ridge Road, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Georgia State Patrol with a window tint violation, DUI, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, driving with a suspended tag and failure to maintain lane.
• Barbara Christine Fritz, 36, 972 Leonard Bridge Road, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Chatsworth Police Department with abandonment of dangerous drugs, poisons or controlled substance; purchase or possession of methamphetamine and damaging property to defraud another.
• Peggy Ann Johnson, 48, 1818 Wendell St., Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Varnell Police Department with driving without a license and DUI (second offense).
• Beau Dean Joyce, 26, 517 Concord Drive, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Varnell Police Department with failure to maintain lane and DUI.
• Barbara Ann Marquart, 40, 1515 Byron St., B-16, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and failure to maintain lane.
• Jose Javier Mejia-Olvera, 37, 338 Cedar Ridge Road, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with driving without a license, failure to stop for a stop sign and DUI.
• Mario Emillano Moralez-Perez, 21, 3271 South Dixie Highway, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI, failure to provide assistance, driving without a license, open container of alcohol and failure to maintain lane.
• Alfred Joseph Puryear III, 23, 229 Felty Private Drive, Bristol, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with a turning violation and DUI.
• Brett Leon Ratcliff, 48, 972 Leonard Bridge Road, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Chatsworth Police Department with abandonment of dangerous drugs, poisons or controlled substance; purchase or possession of methamphetamine; giving false information and a probation violation.
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